diff --git a/mender-convert-extract b/mender-convert-extract
index 708d745..7713b41 100755
--- a/mender-convert-extract
+++ b/mender-convert-extract
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ echo "Running $(basename $0): $@"
 source modules/bootstrap.sh
 source modules/disk.sh
 
+declare -a configs
+
 disk_image=""
 while (( "$#" )); do
   case "$1" in
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ while (( "$#" )); do
       shift 2
       ;;
     -c | --config)
-      configs+="${2}"
+      configs+=("${2}")
       shift 2
       ;;
     -d | --disk-image)
@@ -50,7 +52,11 @@ if [ ! -e ${disk_image} ]; then
   log_fatal "File not found: ${disk_image}"
 fi
 
-source modules/config.sh "${configs[@]}"
+# Note the use of %q formatting here. This is a bash feature to add
+# proper quoting to the strings so that spaces and special characters
+# will be treated properly.  Primarily for supporting spaces in
+# pathnames and avoid splitting those into multiple parameters.
+source modules/config.sh $(printf "%q " "${configs[@]}")
 
 MKFS_VFAT="/usr/bin/mkfs.vfat"
 if [ ! -f ${MKFS_VFAT} ]; then
diff --git a/mender-convert-modify b/mender-convert-modify
index 0ca16e7..b352e81 100755
--- a/mender-convert-modify
+++ b/mender-convert-modify
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ source modules/bootstrap.sh
 source modules/disk.sh
 source modules/probe.sh
 
+declare -a configs
+
 while (( "$#" )); do
   case "$1" in
     -o | --overlay)
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ while (( "$#" )); do
       shift 2
       ;;
     -c | --config)
-      configs+="${2}"
+      configs+=("${2}")
       shift 2
       ;;
     -d | --disk-image)
@@ -59,7 +61,11 @@ while (( "$#" )); do
   esac
 done
 
-source modules/config.sh "${configs[@]}"
+# Note the use of %q formatting here. This is a bash feature to add
+# proper quoting to the strings so that spaces and special characters
+# will be treated properly.  Primarily for supporting spaces in
+# pathnames and avoid splitting those into multiple parameters.
+source modules/config.sh $(printf "%q " "${configs[@]}")
 
 boot_part=$(disk_boot_part)
 root_part=$(disk_root_part)
diff --git a/mender-convert-package b/mender-convert-package
index f8e968e..9d3489f 100755
--- a/mender-convert-package
+++ b/mender-convert-package
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ echo "Running $(basename $0): $@"
 source modules/bootstrap.sh
 source modules/disk.sh
 
+declare -a configs
+
 while (( "$#" )); do
   case "$1" in
     -o | --overlay)
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ while (( "$#" )); do
       shift 2
       ;;
     -c | --config)
-      configs+="${2}"
+      configs+=("${2}")
       shift 2
       ;;
     -d | --disk-image)
@@ -58,7 +60,11 @@ while (( "$#" )); do
   esac
 done
 
-source modules/config.sh "${configs[@]}"
+# Note the use of %q formatting here. This is a bash feature to add
+# proper quoting to the strings so that spaces and special characters
+# will be treated properly.  Primarily for supporting spaces in
+# pathnames and avoid splitting those into multiple parameters.
+source modules/config.sh $(printf "%q " "${configs[@]}")
 
 PARTED="/usr/bin/parted"
 if [ ! -f ${PARTED} ]; then
diff --git a/modules/config.sh b/modules/config.sh
index 82e6c5e..ea653cb 100644
--- a/modules/config.sh
+++ b/modules/config.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
 #  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #  limitations under the License.
 
-for config in configs/mender_convert_config "$@"; do
-  log_info "Using configuration file: ${config}"
-  source ${config}
+# Read in the array of config files to process
+read -a configs <<< "${@}"
+configs=( "configs/mender_convert_config" "${configs[@]}" )
+for config in "${configs[@]}"; do
+    log_info "Using configuration file: ${config}"
+    source "${config}"
 done